BRUNSWICK — State Rep. Jay McCreight, D-Harpswell, will hold office hours at the Wild Oats Bakery & Cafe on Maine Street in Brunswick from 10 a.m. to noon on March 26. Both McCreight and Rep. Jennifer DeChant, D-Bath will hold office hours at the Bath Skatepark on 4 Old Brunswick Road in Bath from noon […]

ITHACA COLLEGE The following local students have been named to the Fall 2015 Dean’s List at Ithaca College: Alec Salisbury, of Freeport Caleb Grant, of Bowdoin Emma Venard, of Harpswell Maggie Broughton, of Bowdoin Samantha Hurley, of Brunswick

PORTLAND A pipeline buried under three New England states that carried foreign crude oil from the Port of Portland to refineries in Montreal for 75 years has been mothballed. The oil has stopped flowing. The 236-mile-long pipeline was built to provide for the safe transport of crude oil to Quebec at a time when German […]

AUGUSTA Gov. Paul LePage and Maine legislative leaders Tuesday were nearing an agreement on a compromise that would extend tax breaks to businesses and add $15 million in education funding to the state budget, Senate President Michael Thibodeau said Tuesday. Legislative gridlock over proposed tax code changes has raised anxiety levels among tax preparers and […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — An Augusta woman has been charged with assault after police alleged she stabbed her husband with a kitchen knife and then stabbed him again as she drove him to the hospital. Thirty-four-year-old Tracy Fleischer is charged with elevated aggravated assault and aggravated assault, the Kennebec Journal reports. Fleischer stabbed her husband in […]

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A judge’s ruling about a new cost imposed on New England fishermen by the federal government could come as soon as this week. Fishermen of key commercial species such as New England cod and haddock must pay the cost of fishing monitors under new rules. The federal government had been paying […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Nine lawmakers are urging Secretary of State John Kerry to negotiate the release of a retired Maine pastor from a Spanish prison. The Portland Press Herald reports that Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins says 77-year-old Joseph Martin is serving six years in prison after Spanish customs and border agents found him with […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine Community College System trustees say Derek Langhauser will permanently take over as president. Langhauser has been serving as interim president since longtime President John Fitzsimmons resigned in January 2015 under pressure from Republican Gov. Paul LePage. Trustees met in Augusta on Tuesday to cast the vote. Last summer, trustees announced that […]

LYMAN (AP) — State police say a 24-year-old woman is in critical condition after her car slammed into a tree in Lyman. Police say Amber Desmond of Springvale is being treated at Maine Medical Center for her injuries. A passenger in the car was treated and released from a hospital. Trooper Matt Williams says icy […]

LINCOLNVILLE (AP) — Maine Game Wardens say they have recovered the body of a man who fell through ice on Megunticook Lake in Lincolnville. WCSH-TV reports wardens got a call around 7:45 p.m. on Monday that someone had fallen through the ice. A dive team found the man on Tuesday morning. Police are not yet […]